Healing Arts Programs for Children's Hospitals in Houston

Young Audiences of Houston in partnership with Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center is embarking on a year-long research study that will develop and test the feasibility of a systematic approach to characterizing Arts In Medicine performances and the impact of such performances on an audience's engagement and mood in the setting of a pediatric hematology/oncology clinic. We hope to provide important tools to both evaluate the utility of various Arts In Medicine activities by developing a foundation for evidence-based design for Arts In Medicine performances.This is in turn will guide the preparation of artists for their important work in medical settings.